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I hatched this guy out a few weeks ago. When it first hatched, it looked anery but had odd coloring at the neck. So, I put it aside to see post shed. After it shed, it lightened to a dark brown/black, still with the light colors at the neck, so not an anery. A few weeks later, it is lighter, but is it just a normal? I have never seen a normal hatch out as dark as an anery.

Just hatched

about a week later

and a few weeks later

I just checked on him again and he has shed (growing fast).
He is a bit lighter and the belly checkers are not solid black but not faded enough to be hypo.
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LOOKS like a few of the okeetees i've hatched out in previous years... some of the okees with the red/black belly checkers... ya know what i'm talking about?
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>>I hatched this guy out a few weeks ago. When it first hatched, it looked anery but had odd coloring at the neck. So, I put it aside to see post shed. After it shed, it lightened to a dark brown/black, still with the light colors at the neck, so not an anery. A few weeks later, it is lighter, but is it just a normal? I have never seen a normal hatch out as dark as an anery.
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looks like a normal to me

one of the things I look for when picking hatchling okeetees is ones that look like anerys. The darker they are as hatchlings the better they seem to look as adults.
This, like most observations aren't always right but it does seem to be the case more often then not.
So, I would bet that little snake is going to be a very good looking adult.
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